The next big thing in search? A9.com
Introducing OpenSearch ""We want OpenSearch to do for search what RSS has done for content."OpenSearch is a collection of technologies, all built on top of popular open standards, to allow content providers to publish their search results in a format suitable for syndication...
OpenSearch is comprised of:
OpenSearch RSS: XML format for providing open search results.
OpenSearch Description Documents: XML files that identify and describe a search engine.
OpenSearch Aggregators: Sites, such as A9.com, that can display OpenSearch results.
If you are a content developer and already have a search engine for your site, you will want to read through the documentation on OpenSearch RSS and the OpenSearch Description, along with the OpenSearch Query Specification.
Alternatively, existing search engines can be wrapped so that HTML search results are translated into OpenSearch RSS results. Please keep in mind that you will need the permission of the search engine itself before wrapping someone else's search results."
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